Adjustable latch
First Claim
1. A door locking assembly comprising:
- a strike plate having an aperture;
a housing assembly, attached to said strike plate, having a housing portion and a rear end portion;
an adjustment stem positioned inside said housing assembly, said adjustment stem having a base portion, a plate portion, and an adjustable head portion threadably connected to said base portion;
an actuator for moving said adjustment stem between a locking position, wherein said adjustment stem is in a position distal to said rear end portion, and an unlock position, wherein said adjustment stem is in a position proximal to said rear end portion;
a spring member biasing said adjustment stem toward said locking position;
said base portion comprises a generally circular disk having a receiving opening and at least one fixed rib located on a circumferential surface of said disk that fits inside grooves located in an inner surface of said housing;
said adjustable head portion having a head that extends from said housing portion to lock said door locking assembly when said adjustment stem is in said locking position and to unlock said door locking assembly when said adjustment stem is in said unlock position, an aperture on a front surface, and a threaded protrusion that is threadably received into said receiving opening of said circular disc;
wherein, in order to adjust the position of the head with respect to said housing assembly,1) the striker plate is detached from the housing assembly, allowing said head to rotate by means of a rotational means being inserted into said aperture in order to vary the distance that said threaded protrusion portion extends from said housing, or2) with the striker plate attached to said housing assembly, said aperture receives rotational means, said head is pushed away from said strike plate aperture, moving said adjustment stem toward said second position against said spring biasing force, so that said head is allowed to be rotated by said rotational means in order to vary the distance that said threaded protrusion portion extends from said housing.
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Abstract
An adjustable door latch that enables one to adjust its length without removing any functionality from other areas of the door latch assembly. The improved door latch assembly includes a strike plate, adjustment head, adjustment stem, resilient member, and housing. The improved door latch utilizes a threaded adjustment head, which is screwed into an adjustment stem. The adjustment stem has a threaded aperture located on the front surface of a circular disc. The circular disc has at least one rib, which fits into the groove of a drum, this configuration prevents rotation of the circular disc when adjustment is necessary. The adjustment member and stem have apertures that allow one to thread the spindle of a door knob through the door latch assembly and to the other door knob.
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13 Claims
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1. A door locking assembly comprising:
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a strike plate having an aperture; a housing assembly, attached to said strike plate, having a housing portion and a rear end portion; an adjustment stem positioned inside said housing assembly, said adjustment stem having a base portion, a plate portion, and an adjustable head portion threadably connected to said base portion; an actuator for moving said adjustment stem between a locking position, wherein said adjustment stem is in a position distal to said rear end portion, and an unlock position, wherein said adjustment stem is in a position proximal to said rear end portion; a spring member biasing said adjustment stem toward said locking position; said base portion comprises a generally circular disk having a receiving opening and at least one fixed rib located on a circumferential surface of said disk that fits inside grooves located in an inner surface of said housing; said adjustable head portion having a head that extends from said housing portion to lock said door locking assembly when said adjustment stem is in said locking position and to unlock said door locking assembly when said adjustment stem is in said unlock position, an aperture on a front surface, and a threaded protrusion that is threadably received into said receiving opening of said circular disc; wherein, in order to adjust the position of the head with respect to said housing assembly, 1) the striker plate is detached from the housing assembly, allowing said head to rotate by means of a rotational means being inserted into said aperture in order to vary the distance that said threaded protrusion portion extends from said housing, or 2) with the striker plate attached to said housing assembly, said aperture receives rotational means, said head is pushed away from said strike plate aperture, moving said adjustment stem toward said second position against said spring biasing force, so that said head is allowed to be rotated by said rotational means in order to vary the distance that said threaded protrusion portion extends from said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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